Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Haiku: Tolerance

Many thanks for the prompt from One Single Impression this week. I think it might be a testament to the people with whom I regularly come in contact with and, hell, even to myself, that my first thoughts in reaction to the prompt of "tolerance" didn't hinge on social definitions. I rarely find myself in the company of intolerant people.I do find myself in the company of many, many, many people, however, who can't be bothered to grow drought-tolerant plants. Gotta have those lush green lawns in an area where we're just not meant to have them. [Glass-house dweller that I am, let me 'fess up to being a heavy water user myself as we own a pool. Let me offer up in my defense, however, that our water bills still pale in comparison to our many neighbors' with their unnatural-for-this-area lawns.]I do believe I've shown myself to be quite intolerant. Surprised myself, really. In any event, here's to our drought-tolerant landscape.